Battlefords News-Optimist

The sexual assault case against Harry Michael Dekker remains in mediation for at least the next several weeks. The case came up again in provincial court in Saskatoon Tuesday morning.

The provincial government is now calling for the federal government to step in and end the issues plaguing the shipment of grain.

The Town of Battleford is moving toward changing its zoning bylaw to allow businesses locating to its new, larger commercial lots to have larger signs as well.

With a quick squeaky twist here and another there, a plain balloon can be quickly turned into something fun. The man creating this fun is Larry Goodall or "The Balloon Man.

The Rivers West district finished the 2014 Saskatchewan Winter Games with a strong final three days. In the second half of the week, Rivers West won 11 gold, 13 silver, and 10 bronze medals to bring their total to 67 for the competition.

As a parent, and as a person who helps other parents, I sometimes get sucked into the latest parenting trends, or the hottest parenting tips. I want to somehow use someone else's parenting success that they had with their children on my own.

The cold snap put the freeze to calls for RCMP assistance between 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 24 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, with Battlefords RCMP reporting about 17 calls for service/occurrences.

David Allan Greene of Unity, charged Nov. 22 with trafficking cocaine (crack), possession of cocaine (crack) for the purposes of trafficking, possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana, appeared in provincial court in Unity Feb. 24.

When you scanned the scoreboards at the curling rink after the first end, there were nothing but twos and threes.The New Horizons were starting the second half of the spring season Feb.

An off leash dog park could be in Battleford's future.